Incredible Footage Shows A Huge Gas Explosion In China

Chinese state newspaper People's Daily is today carrying a harrowing report about a tragic accident at the weekend, where a truck carrying a LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) canister flipped over in Yuanling, Hunan province and created an enormous explosion.

Two people were killed during the accident, but when the canister ruptured the explosion killed three firefighters attending to the accident. According to People's Daily the explosion was so big it uprooted trees and destroyed a number of cars and fire engines.

The video below shows the chaos (please note, the video has no sound).